Bafia | Ethnologue

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639: ksf
Alternate Names: Bekpak, Kpa, Rikpa’
Autonym: Rikpa
Population: 60,000 (1991 UBS).
Location:: Centre region: Mbam-and-Inoubou division, Bafia, Kiiki, and Kon-Yambetta subdivisions, north of Sanaga river.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Bafia (A.53)
Dialects: Kpa, Bape.
Language Use: Used by all. Most also use French [fra]. A few also use Nugunu [nnv]. A few also use Tuki [bag]. Used as L2 by Dimbong [dii].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: High rate in French [fra]. Written Bafia is little used, but there are members of the community who are trying to revise the orthography and get literacy programs started. NT: 1996.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Bafia
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Centre region: Mbam-and-Inoubou division, Bafia, Kiiki, and Kon-Yambetta subdivisions, north of Sanaga river.